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Bankova responds to statement by fugitive MP on handing U.S. law enforcers incriminating evidence against Poroshenko

The press office of the Presidential Administration of Ukraine has commented to UNIAN on the earlier media reports claiming that Ukrainian MP Oleksandr Onyshchenko, who had earlier fled Ukraine facing corruption charges, handed over to the special services of the United States certain "compromising" material on President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko.

Politics

20:20, 01 December 2016

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"Ukrainian law enforcement agencies, including the National Anti-Corruption Bureau, the Prosecutor General’s Office, and the Security Service of Ukraine, are awaiting Oleksandr Onyshchenko in Ukraine with their arms open, along with all of his "compromising materials," the comment reads.

As UNIAN reported earlier, the Ukrainska Pravda online newspaper published a statement by Onyshchenko claiming he had allegedly handed some "incriminating evidence" regarding Poroshenko to the U.S. intelligence agencies. The statement followed the announcement by the Ukrainian Security Service that Onyshchenko was plotting a "massive information attack on Ukraine within the framework of a strategy agreed with the Kremlin".

The SBU earlier said evidence had been obtained on signs of Onyshchenko having committed a criminal offense under Art. 111 of the Criminal Procedural Code of Ukraine, which is treason.